EXCEL Awards

The competition is open to nonprofit organizations and for-profit industry service partners submitting on behalf of association clients, regardless of whether they are members of Association Media & Publishing to enter.

There were 830 total entries this year — but just 235 of those were selected by judges as worthy of an EXCEL Award. Of those, there were 64 Gold, 82 Silver, and 89 Bronze awards.

Magazines: General Excellence — 20,001 to 50,000Gold: NACS: The Association for Convenience and Fuel Retailing, NACS MagazineSilver: Professional Convention Management Association, PCMA ConveneBronze: NAEYC: National Association for the Education of Young Children, Teaching Young Children

Magazines: Single Topic Issue — 10,001 to 20,000Silver: American Foreign Service Association, The Foreign Service Journal, “The New Russia at 25”Bronze: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, BizEd, “ A Century of Business Education ”

Magazines: Single Topic Issue — 20,001 to 50,000Gold: American School Counselor Association, ASCA School Counselor, “Cultural Competence”Silver: National Association for College and Business Officers, Business Officers, “Drafting the Future”Bronze: American School Counselor Association, ASCA School Counselor, “The Crowd Sourced Issue”

Journals: General ExcellenceGold: Sigma Xi Society, American ScientistSilver: American Foreign Service Association submitted by Driven by Design, The Foreign Service JournalBronze: National Association of State Boards of Education, The State Education Standard

Journals: RedesignBronze: Academy of General Dentistry, General Dentistry

Journals: Feature ArticleGold: Sigma Xi Society, American Scientist “Harnessing the Web to Track the Next Outbreak”Gold: Sigma Xi Society, American Scientist, “Springing Budburst in Changing Climate”Silver: National Association for the Education of Young Children, Young Children, “Reading Your Way to a Culturally Responsive Classroom”Bronze: American Water Works Association, Journal – American Water Works Association, “Flint Water Crisis: What Happened and Why?”Bronze: Academy of General Dentistry, General Dentistry,” What Every Dentist Should Know About Coffee”

Newspapers: General ExcellenceGold: The Catholic Health Association of the United States, Catholic Health WorldSilver: American Public Health Association, The Nation’s HealthBronze: American College of Physicians, ACP Internist

Books: Electronic BookSilver: TESOL International Association, Standards for Short-Term TEFL/TESL Certificate Programs with Program AssessmentBronze: CASE: Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, Online Innovations in Annual and Regular Giving: Ten Dozen Departures that Worked

Promotional Content: Annual Report — DigitalGold: Supply Chain Management System submitted by Content Worx, SCMS 10 Year ReviewSilver: National PTA, One PTABronze: Council of Better Business Bureaus: CFBAI: A Report on Compliance and Progress During 2015

Promotional Content: Special Report — PrintGold: NFIB: Small Business Association submitted by Imagination, NFIB 2016 Small Business PlaybookSilver: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy submitted by GRAPHEK, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy Survey SaysBronze: Community Associations Institute, Community Next: 2020 and Beyond

Promotional Content: Special Report — DigitalSilver: Council of Better Business Bureaus, Cracking the Invulnerability Ilusion

Promotional Content: Onsite Convention Program — PrintGold: CASE: The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, CASE-NAIS 2016 NYC Independent MoodBronze: Association of American Medical Colleges, Learn Serve Lead 2016: The AAMC Annual MeetingBronze: American Staffing Association, Staffing World 2016

EXTRA! Award

The EXTRA! Award is chosen from among all EXCEL Award recipients to recognize any winning entries that took bold chances and successfully innovated an association media product.

EXTRA! Award winners represent the pioneers in our field, and we applaud their leadership.

The 2017 EXTRA! Award winner is The Rotarian from Rotary International